Neurohospitalist Medicine [Paperback]

S. Andrew Josephson (Editor), W. David Freeman (Editor), David J. Likosky (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 21, 2011 | ISBN-10: 0521172543 | ISBN-13: 978-0521172547 | Edition: 1

Over the past decade, the hospitalist model has become a dominant system for the delivery of inpatient care. Forces such as national mandates to improve safety and quality, and intense pressure to safely reduce length of hospital stays, are now exerting pressure on neurologists. To meet these challenges, a new neurohospitalist model is emerging. This is the first authoritative text to detail the advances and strategies for treating neurologic disease in a hospital setting. It includes chapters on specific acute neurologic diseases including stroke, epilepsy, neuromuscular disease and traumatic brain injury and also addresses common reasons for neurologic consultation in the hospital including encephalopathy, electrolyte disturbances and neurologic complications of pregnancy. Ethical and structural issues commonly encountered in neurologic inpatients are also addressed. This will be a key resource for any clinician or trainee caring for neurologic patients in the hospital including practising neurologists, internists and trainees across multiple subspecialities.

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This is the first authoritative text to detail the advances and strategies for treating neurologic disease in a hospital setting. It covers specific acute neurologic diseases as well as common reasons for consultation. It is suitable for any clinician caring for neurologic patients in the hospital.

About the Author

S. Andrew Josephson is Associate Professor and Director, Neurohospitalist Program and Medical Director, Inpatient Neurology, Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, USA.

W. David Freeman is the Neurosciences ICU Director and Assistant Professor, Mayo Clinic, Florida, USA.

David J. Likosky is an Attending Neurologist, Evergreen Hospital Medical Center, Kirkland, USA.

Product Details

• Paperback: 244 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (November 21, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521172543
• ISBN-13: 978-0521172547
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 7.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #780,667 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Guide to Neurology's Newest Sub-Specialty, January 1, 2012

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This review is from: Neurohospitalist Medicine (Paperback)

This book is an excellent guide for students, residents and practitioners of neurohospitalist medicine - a rapidly developing model of neurology practice. This practical, concise book gives a superb overview of neurological issues commonly faced in an in-patient service, be it on the primary neurology service, consultation service or intensive care service. The book is well organized and in addition to providing sound advice for the diagnosis and management of neurological issues, this importance work also engages ethical and organizational aspects of neurohospitalist practice. The days of the neurologist shuttling back and forth between a tightly booked out-patient clinic and the hospital for emergency consults are numbered, and increasingly we are seeing a well justified rise in hospital based neurologists. It is likely that these neurohospitalists will provide more efficient and higher quality care to the hospitalized higher intensity patient just as their medical hospitalist brethren have demonstrated in internal medicine and pediatrics. Many argue that much (perhaps too much) of neurology residency training occurs in an in-patient setting and therefore all trainee's are qualified to be neurohospitalists, and that is to some extent correct. However, the organizational, economic, patient safety, pragmatic and quality assurance aspects of the practice of medicine are often not adequately addressed during residency training; neurohospitalists are uniquely positioned to develop demonstratively effective approaches to the neurologically ill hospitalized patient and that takes additional training and a new culture of practice and outcomes research. The authors are pioneers in this newest subspecialty of neurology and their guidance should be heeded. Highly recommended!